© British Library
My Ladye Nevells Booke
Artist: William Byrd (1543 - 1623), John Baldwin
Location: British Library
Date: 1591
Materials: manuscript volume
Dimensions: 20.8 x 29.2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £24,000 (Total: £404,069; tax remission)
Vendor: 1st Marquess of Abergavenny Will Trust
Review number: 5737 (2006)
Provenance:
?Elizabeth, wife of Sir Henry Nevell of Billingbere; ?Elizabeth I; Sir Henry North of Mildenhall (before 1603); by descent; Mr Haughton, attorney of Clifford's Inn; Mary Nevill, Lady Bergavenny; Charles Burney (before 1789); Thomas Jones, 1814; Robert Triphook; Henry Nevill, XVIII Lord Bergavenny and 2nd Earl of Avergavenny, 1833; by descent in the Nevill family.
Description:
The volume contains 42 works by William Byrd selected to reflect Byrd's own preferences and demonstrate how his music had matured over time. It contains some of Byrd's best-known keyboard music including Carman's Whistle and Sellinger's Round. The volume was completed by John Baldwin, the most famous music scribe of the time, but also shows corrections thought to be by Byrd himself.
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